I’m a writer and multimedia content strategist based in Fort Worth. I focus on stories that sit at the intersection of people, policy, and place. My background is in journalism, but my work now stretches across reporting, editing, content strategy, and writing for businesses that want stories with clarity and heart.

I’ve covered higher education, immigration, health and safety, and water policy in moments when the stakes were high. My work has appeared on NPR, in The New York Times, and in newsrooms in Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Hartford, and New York. I’m drawn to stories that show how large systems shape everyday lives, and how people live within them, push back, adapt, or build something new.

I once drove five hours from my Atlanta newsroom into Georgia’s farm country because I wanted to see the true impact of a new state immigration law. I brought a list of planned sources but tossed it after I made friends with the driver of a musical tour bus parked in my motel lot. A major Mexican band was playing that night, so I went. That’s where I found the people I needed to hear from. Longtime political reporter Jim Galloway later called one of my interviews from that night a “gem.”

I’ve also led projects that merge storytelling with strategy, from a crowdsourced feature asking Houstonians to describe their city in six words to a data visualization on the steep climb of TCU tuition over a decade. I like working closely with teams, and people often describe my approach as collaborative, fresh, and thoughtful. I’m especially interested in creative work that turns policy and industry speak into something people can feel, understand, and relate to.

I live with my eight-year-old son in Fort Worth. We listen to NPR on the drive to and from school. Away from school he spends all my money on Star Wars Lego minifigures.

If you want to reach me, you can email me at shomial [dot] ahmad [at] gmail [dot] com.